Method, apparatus and computer program product to utilize context ontology in mobile device application personalization

• US 20060005156A1
• Filed: 06/29/2005
• Published: 01/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Ronkainen, Sami, Mantyjarvi, Jani, Kansala, Ilkka, Tuomela, Urpo, Hakkila, Jonna, Kela, Juha, Korpipaa, Panu
• Granted Patent: US 8,407,593 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1613 for portable computers cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

A mobile terminal includes a user interface specified at least in part by a user. The mobile terminal includes a user interface specification unit that operates in accordance with a programmed data processor to select, in cooperation with the user, at least one trigger and an action, which together form a rule; to automatically generate a directory structure comprising a set of available events in accordance with a hierarchical information model; to select, in cooperation with the user, at least one trigger value from the available set of events and to define an action to be performed by the mobile terminal in responsive to the at least one trigger value being satisfied.

Claims

1. A method for a user to define at least one aspect of a user interface for a device, comprising:

selecting at least one trigger and an action, which together form a rule;

automatically generating a directory structure of available events in accordance with a hierarchical information model;

selecting at least one trigger value from the available set of events; and

defining an action to be performed by the device accordingly.

2. A method as in claim 1, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated by the device.

3. A method as in claim 1, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated by a sensor that comprises part of the device.

4. A method as in claim 1, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated external to the device.

5. A method as in claim 1, where a rule script is obtained externally from another user.

6. A method as in claim 1, where a rule script is obtained externally from a third party rule script provider.

7. A tool for enabling a user to define at least one aspect of a user interface for a mobile device, comprising:

a specifier to establish a rule comprising at least one trigger and an action;

responsive to the operation of the specifier, a generator of a directory structure of a set of available events formed in accordance with a hierarchical information model;

a selector operable to enable the user to select at least one trigger value from the available set of events; and

in response to operation of the selector, an action definer to define an action to be performed by the mobile terminal.

8. A tool as in claim 7, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated by the mobile device.

9. A tool as in claim 7, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated by a sensor that comprises part of the mobile device.

10. A tool as in claim 7, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated external to the mobile device.

11. A tool as in claim 7, where a rule script is obtained externally from another user.

12. A tool as in claim 7, where a rule script is obtained externally from a third party rule script provider.

13. A mobile terminal comprising a user interface that is specified at least in part by a user, comprising a user interface specification unit that operates in accordance with a programmed data processor to select, in cooperation with the user, at least one trigger and an action, which together form a rule;

to automatically generate a directory structure comprising a set of available events in accordance with a hierarchical information model;

to select, in cooperation with the user, at least one trigger value from the available set of events and to define an action to be performed by the mobile terminal in responsive to the at least one trigger value being satisfied.

14. A mobile terminal as in claim 13, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated within the mobile terminal.

15. A mobile terminal as in claim 13, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated by a mobile terminal sensor.

16. A mobile terminal as in claim 13, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated external to the mobile terminal.

17. A mobile terminal as in claim 13, where a rule script is obtained externally from another user.

18. A mobile terminal as in claim 13, where a rule script is obtained externally from a third party rule script provider.

19. A computer program product that is stored on a computer readable medium and that comprises program instructions to direct a data processor to respond to an input to define at least one aspect of a user interface for a mobile terminal, comprising program instructions to select at least one trigger and an action, which together form a rule;

to automatically generate a directory structure of available events is in accordance with a hierarchical information model;

to select at least one trigger value from the available set of events and to define an action to be performed by the mobile terminal accordingly.

20. A computer program product as in claim 19, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated by the mobile terminal.

21. A computer program product as in claim 19, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated by a mobile terminal sensor.

22. A computer program product as in claim 19, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated external to the mobile terminal and communicated to the mobile terminal though a wireless connection.

23. A computer program product as in claim 19, where a rule script is obtained from another mobile terminal.

24. A computer program product as in claim 19, where a rule script is obtained from a third party rule script provider.

25. A mobile terminal comprising a user interface specified at least in part by a user, comprising a means for specifying at least one trigger and an action, which together form a rule;

means for generating a directory structure comprising a set of available events in accordance with a hierarchical information model;

means for selecting at least one trigger value from the available set of events; and

means for defining an action to be performed by the mobile terminal in responsive to the at least one trigger value being satisfied.

26. A mobile terminal as in claim 25, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated by sensor means that comprises a part of the mobile terminal.

27. A mobile terminal as in claim 25, where rules are generated from graphical descriptions specified by the user with a graphical user interface.

28. A mobile terminal as in claim 25, comprising a context ontology and a vocabulary model for generating user interface elements automatically and dynamically, and where an ontology hierarchy is transformed into a directory model representation for the user interface.